Hassan Boflo, a resident of Mvita, who was among the first people to cast their ballot at the Mvita Primary School, said that he was taken through the whole process before casting his vote in a record three minutes.
''I know who my favourite candidate for the governor seat is. I wasted no time when I entered the polling booth and I am hoping for the best,'' said Boflo.
At Khadija Primary and Secondary Schools polling stations in Nyali constituency, the story on low voter turnout was the same.
A voter, Francis Waweru, said that having an election on a Monday has proved to be a bit tricky.
''Despite the government having declared Monday a public holiday to allow voters to vote, it has still not sunk in well with the majority who have chosen to stay away. We hope as the day progresses, we shall have the numbers trickling in,'' said Waweru.
At Uhuru Gardens polling centre which is in Mombasa central business district, Mvita constituency, out of the 1,591 registered voters, only 279 voters had cast their votes by 11:15am representing 17.5 per cent of registered voters.
Low voter turnout was also witnessed at Mwembelegeza Primary School in Kisauni constituency.
Outgoing Mombasa deputy governor Dr William Kingi said he will be casting his vote in the afternoon.
Dr Kingi said most of his agents had been locked out of the polling stations after they presented confirmation letters that were issued for the August 9 polls before the gubernatorial election was postponed.
He said the postponement had disadvantaged smaller parties and independent candidates who had to incur more financial costs.
[ Additional reporting by Patrick Amimo]